First pick
Domaine de la Ronceraie
Park or garden · 70 m outside the commune
12 ha3.3 km of path
45 minto walk all 3.3 km of path
2.1 km northfrom the center
ViaRhôna
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Gachepi · CC BY-SA 3.032%woodland
Outdoors in Saint-Vallier · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Saint-Vallier has more footpaths per km² than 8 in 10 French towns
21 km of footpaths cross Saint-Vallier (3.8 km per km²). 32% of Saint-Vallier is mapped woodland. No protected area reaches Saint-Vallier; the nearest, Affluents rive droite du Rhône (Natura 2000), is 2.1 km from the town center. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
0%
of the commune’s land
Nearest: Affluents rive droite du Rhône, 2.1 km
Woodland
32%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
21 km
3.8 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
0 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
4
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Domaine de la Ronceraie
Throughout this page, the Drôme median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median.
What kind of place
What kind of outdoors place is Saint-Vallier?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
A place of footpaths3.8 km per km² of mapped footpath, against 1.7 km per km² for the median compared town.A wooded commune32% mapped woodland, more than in 78% of compared French towns, against 13% for the median compared town.Protected land nearbyAffluents rive droite du Rhône (Natura 2000) is 2.1 km from the town center.
What sets Saint-Vallier apart: its footpaths, then its woods.
Against French towns
How Saint-Vallier compares with French towns
Each figure against the 3,798 compared French towns (communes with an overall grade): the marked bar is the town’s, the line the median. Described, not graded.
Protected areas0%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
22out of 100
Woodland32%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
78out of 100
Footpaths3.8 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
83out of 100
Hiking routes0 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
12out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Saint-Vallier has the 4th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (4,000 to 4,051 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Vaux-sur-Mer (5.3 km per km²) to Bâgé-Dommartin (0.1 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vaux-sur-Mer Charente-Maritime | 5.3 | 10% | 0.2% | On it |
| 2 | Montsoult Val-d'Oise | 4.5 | 42% | 0.9% | 129 km |
| 3 | Montmélian Savoie | 4.3 | 47% | 100% | 222 km |
| 4 | Saint-Vallier Drôme | 3.8 | 32% | 0% | 189 km |
| 5 | La Châtre Indre | 3.7 | 6.5% | 0% | 239 km |
| 6 | Port-Vendres Pyrénées-Orientales | 3.2 | 0.8% | 18% | On it |
| 7 | Presles Val-d'Oise | 3.1 | 47% | 100% | 124 km |
| 8 | Neuville-Saint-Rémy Nord | 3 | 4% | 0% | 109 km |
| 9 | Le Coudray Eure-et-Loir | 3 | 2.6% | 0% | 140 km |
| 10 | Limonest Rhône | 3 | 30% | 0% | 258 km |
| 11 | Offemont Territoire de Belfort | 2.9 | 39% | 0% | 433 km |
| 12 | Vaulnaveys-le-Haut Isère | 2.2 | 67% | 0% | 195 km |
| 13 | Erdeven Morbihan | 2.1 | 14% | 22% | On it |
| 14 | La Rochefoucauld-en-Angoumois Charente | 1.6 | 39% | 16% | 95 km |
| 15 | Pont-Scorff Morbihan | 1.5 | 23% | 3.8% | On it |
| 16 | Rives-en-Seine Seine-Maritime | 1.4 | 42% | 100% | 28 km |
| 17 | Avesnes-sur-Helpe Nord | 1.4 | 1.7% | 100% | 142 km |
| 18 | Le Plessis-Belleville Oise | 1.4 | 1.5% | 0.1% | 143 km |
| 19 | Cinq-Mars-la-Pile Indre-et-Loire | 1.2 | 28% | 14% | 167 km |
| 20 | Le Cellier Loire-Atlantique | 1.2 | 29% | 12% | 57 km |
| 21 | Salernes Var | 1.2 | 68% | 26% | 42 km |
| 22 | Nogent-le-Roi Eure-et-Loir | 1.1 | 10% | 0.1% | 123 km |
| 23 | Cordemais Loire-Atlantique | 1 | 7.6% | 24% | 24 km |
| 24 | Bresles Oise | 0.8 | 19% | 0% | 95 km |
| 25 | Générac Gard | 0.8 | 4.5% | 19% | 27 km |
| 26 | Bourg-Achard Eure | 0.7 | 5.5% | 0% | 34 km |
| 27 | Savigné-l'Évêque Sarthe | 0.7 | 10% | 0% | 137 km |
| 28 | Gravigny Eure | 0.7 | 47% | 0% | 73 km |
| 29 | Raimbeaucourt Nord | 0.7 | 16% | 99% | 83 km |
| 30 | La Haye Manche | 0.7 | 3.6% | 51% | On it |
| 31 | Hochfelden Bas-Rhin | 0.7 | 6.8% | 0% | 428 km |
| 32 | Fay-de-Bretagne Loire-Atlantique | 0.7 | 9.9% | 0% | 31 km |
| 33 | La Chapelle-de-Guinchay Saône-et-Loire | 0.5 | 5.5% | 5.6% | 300 km |
| 34 | Paulhan Hérault | 0.5 | 1% | 0% | 23 km |
| 35 | Les Villages Vovéens Eure-et-Loir | 0.4 | 7.4% | 5% | 159 km |
| 36 | Bressols Tarn-et-Garonne | 0.4 | 3% | 0.6% | 173 km |
| 37 | Layrac Lot-et-Garonne | 0.3 | 21% | 0.9% | 139 km |
| 38 | Beauvoir-sur-Mer Vendée | 0.3 | 0.3% | 83% | On it |
| 39 | Hourtin Gironde | 0.3 | 66% | 100% | On it |
| 40 | Sévérac d'Aveyron Aveyron | 0.2 | 24% | 100% | 114 km |
| 41 | Bâgé-Dommartin Ain | 0.1 | 13% | 0% | 315 km |
The map
Parks, woods, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park or wood. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is the commune’s boundary.
Green: parks, gardens and woods mapped on OpenStreetMap, named or not.© OpenStreetMap contributors · INPN / PatriNat · IGN
Places to walk
Parks and woods to walk in, in and around Saint-Vallier
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Domaine de la Ronceraie leads, at 12 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Les Jardins de la Galaure
Park or garden
4.5 ha1.1 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.1 km of path
Centralin the middle of Saint-Vallier
Directionsto a point inside
Parc de la Ronceraie
Wood or forest · 70 m outside the commune
7.7 ha1.6 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.6 km of path
1.9 km northfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Robert Winsenhausen Adelmann
Park or garden
0.4 ha0.2 km of path
0.9 km south-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Affluents rive droite du Rhône is the nearest protected area, 2.1 km away
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Natura 2000 site
Affluents rive droite du Rhône
2.1 km from the town center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area0%
Designations overlap (a regional park can hold a Natura 2000 site), so the rows don’t add up; the first counts each piece of land once.
Source: INPN / PatriNat, protected areas July 2026, Natura 2000 December 2024; shares of IGN’s commune boundary.
Footpaths and woods
Footpaths and woods in Saint-Vallier
Paths, bridleways, steps and tracks open on foot, and waymarked hiking routes, mapped on OpenStreetMap inside the commune; woods are mapped forest and woodland, private woods included.
Footpaths
21 km
3.8 km per km²
Hiking routes
0 km
waymarked: 0 km per km²
Woodland
32%
about 1.7 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
Saint-VallierDrôme medianFrance median
Footpaths3.8
Hiking routes0
02.55 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Saint-VallierDrôme medianFrance median
Woodland32%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 83% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 78% of compared French towns. Hiking routes often follow paths and lanes already counted, so the two lengths overlap: don’t add them. Every home in Saint-Vallier is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
A named hiking route within 2 km
Other named walk
Ballade historique dans Sarras0.7 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Saint-Vallier: April and June to August
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at St-Barthelemy-V_Sapc, 6.8 km away, and the daylight at the town’s latitude. Outlined months have long days, highs of 15 to 30 °C and little rain for the place.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 9.1 | 10.3 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.8 | 15.6 | 15.3 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.9 | 9.5 | 8.8 |
| High (°C) | 8 | 9 | 14 | 18 | 22 | 27 | 29 | 29 | 24 | 18 | 12 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 53 | 41 | 50 | 70 | 80 | 65 | 60 | 62 | 101 | 121 | 106 | 52 |
February is the driest month (41 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 29 °C). 121 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 55 nights a year. The climate in Saint-Vallier →
Neighbors
Next to Saint-Vallier
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
Vernosc-lès-AnnonayAnneyronDavézieuxSaint-Rambert-d'AlbonTain-l'HermitageRoiffieuxSaint-Vallier
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Vallier | 0% | 32% | 3.8 |
| Vernosc-lès-Annonay 2,725 · 9.1 km | 2.2% | 22% | 1.5 |
| Anneyron 4,169 · 12 km | 0% | 14% | 0.6 |
| Davézieux 3,205 · 12 km | 0% | 4.3% | 1.2 |
| Saint-Rambert-d'Albon 7,001 · 12 km | 1.6% | 6.2% | 1.8 |
| Tain-l'Hermitage 5,915 · 13 km | 0% | 0.9% | 3.1 |
| Roiffieux 2,743 · 13 km | 0% | 40% | 0.9 |
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Protected areas. National-park cores, national parks’ outer areas, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites, from INPN. A national park’s core is strictly protected; its outer area and a regional park are charters between communes, not bans. Designations overlap, so the total counts each piece of land once.
- Woodland. Forest and woods as OpenStreetMap maps them, private woods included: woods nobody has mapped are missing, and a mapped wood isn’t necessarily open to walkers.
- Footpaths and hiking routes. Footpaths, bridleways, steps and tracks open on foot, then waymarked hiking routes (GR and others) measured apart. A route often follows a path or lane already counted: the two overlap. Paths nobody has mapped are missing.
- Green space nearby. The share of residents (INSEE’s 200 m grid) within 800 m, as the crow flies, of a mapped park, garden or wood edge. It measures nearness, not a way in. Guadeloupe and French Guiana have no grid: their pages say whether the town center is within 800 m.
- The coast. The straight-line distance from the town center to OpenStreetMap’s coastline, which follows the tide line into estuaries. A commune is on the coast when the coastline crosses its boundary.
- No grade yet. U.S. and UK towns have an Outdoors Grade; French towns don’t yet. Each figure is set beside the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade) in the département and in France, each figure its own median.
Questions about the outdoors in Saint-Vallier
Is Saint-Vallier in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Affluents rive droite du Rhône, 2.1 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Saint-Vallier?
OpenStreetMap maps 21 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 3.8 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²).
How much of Saint-Vallier is woodland?
32% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Saint-Vallier near the sea?
No: the coast is 189 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Saint-Vallier?
April and June to August: long days, mild highs and little rain, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at the nearest suitable station.
Why is there no Outdoors Grade for French towns?
TownRatings grades the outdoors in the U.S. and the UK; the French figures are new and not graded yet. This page sets each one beside the median compared French town instead.
Sources: INPN / PatriNat (protected areas 2026, Natura 2000 2024) · © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL (paths, hiking routes, woods, coast, gardens) · INSEE, Filosofi 2021 200 m grid (residents) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · Météo-France normals 1991–2020 · Medians and percentiles: TownRatings, over compared French towns, updated November 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.